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When FaceTime was announced Steve Jobs promised Apple would create an open standard so it could be used by anyone. They got wrapped up in patent hell and chose
by mulmen 5y ago
When FaceTime was announced Steve Jobs promised Apple would create an open standard so it could be used by anyone. They got wrapped up in patent hell and chose to limit the service to their own devices rather than pay for licensing. The alternative would have made Apple less money.
- paulryanrogers 5y agoHow did Skype and other video services deal with the patent challenges?
- macintux 5y agoI thought perhaps looking at the patents might help answer your question, but I changed my mind about doing the research upon retrieving them. Quite large. https://patents.google.com/patent/US7921211B2/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US7921211B2/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US7418504B2/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US7418504B2/en
- greg5green 5y agoYou can do it now! https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212619 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212619 I mean, you can't start a FaceTime call, but at least they finally let you join one.